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The 'equatorial coude' refracting telescope

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The 'equatorial coude' refracting telescope, Paris Observatory, France - aperture 7.5cm. The tube is 'bent' and light fed to the observer by two mirrors, one in front of the telescope and the other at the 'elbow'. Engraving from "A Handbook of Descriptive Astronomy" by George F Chambers (Oxford, 1890). Science Astronomy Scientific Instrument Optics

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